Exhibiting device.



PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906. B. CHAMBERLAIN.

EXHIBITING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED D3011, 1905.

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PATENTED DEC. 4, 1906.

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BXHIBITING DEVICE.

APPLICATION TILED D2041, 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BLANOHARD CHAMBERLAIN, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM ERNEST SMITH, OF BELLEFONTAINE, OHIO.

EXHIBITING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 4, 1906.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BLANCHARD CHAMBER- LAIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bellefontaine, in the county of Logan and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Exhibiting Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in exhibiting devices.

The object of the invention is to rovide a device of this character by means of which a large number of rugs or similar articles may be arranged and supported and by means of which said rugs may be quickly and conveniently swung into suitable positions for exhibiting the same and which when not in use may be swung back out of the way.

A further object is to provide a casing for said exhibiting device and rugs, whereby the latter will be protected from dust and dirt.

NVith the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed. 4

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front view of an exhibiting device constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional View taken above the supportingarms. Fig. 4 is a front view showing a slightly-modified arrangement of the supporting-arm braces.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes a supporting frame or casing, to the back of which adjacent to each side of the same at a suitable distance above the floor are secured brackets 2, which are preferably constructed, as shown, having a horizontal angularly-disposed supporting bar 8 arranged as shown. On the bars 3 are formed a series of upwardly-projecting pivotstuds 4, and on each of said studs are pivotally mounted the inner end of radially-projecting rug-supporting arms .5, to the outer ends of which are connected the lower ends of obliquely-disposed brace-rods 6. The upper ends of these brace-rods 6 are pivotally connected to studs 7, formed on and projecting downwardly from a bar 8, secured to the under side of the top of the casing, as shown.

If desired, the brace-rods 6 may be connected to the under sides of the arms 5 and project downwardly and rearwardly therefrom. The lower ends of the rods when thus arranged are pivotally connected to studs 9, formed on a bar 10, which is arranged in the casing below the brackets, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

Vertical rods or bars 6 are arranged between the arm-supporting brackets 3 and the bars 8 of the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2,

and 3 and between the brackets 3 and the plate or bar 10 of the construction shown in Fig. 4.. These rods 6 serve as auxiliary braces or supports for these brace-carrying bars 8 and 10.

The supporting-arms 5 are each provided with a series of laterally-projecting attaching-pins 12, which are curved or inclined upwardly from each side of the arms to provide for the suspension thereon of a plurality of rugs or other articles to be exhibited. The pins 12 are adapted to be inserted into the edge of the rugs or other articles to be suspended from the arms 5, and by providing pins on each side of said arms 5 two or more rugs or other articles will be supported by each arm.

Any number of supporting-arms may be employed in connection with the device, thus supporting an indefinite number of rugs for exhibition, and while I have described the exhibiting device as arranged in a casing it is obvious that the same may be attached to the wall of a room at any suitable points.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In an exhibitor the combination with a supporting member, of brackets secured to said member, supporting-arms pivotally connected at their inner ends to said brackets, brace-rods connected at one end to said arms, pivot-bars secured to said supporting memher, pivot-studs on said bars, said brace-rods I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set being pivotally connected at their inner ends my hand in presence of tWo subscribing Witto said ivot-studs, Vertical brace-rods. exnesses.

tending etween the brackets and ivot-bars, BLANCHARD CHAMBERLAIN. and laterally extending upward y curved Witnesses:

attaching-pins projecting from each side of J. L. ROYER,

said supporting-arms. S. L. DOW. 

